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pCMV-GCaMP5G
(Plasmid #31788)

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Item Catalog # Description Quantity Price (USD)
Plasmid 31788 Standard format: Plasmid sent in bacteria as agar stab 1 $85

This material is available to academics and nonprofits only.

Backbone

  • Vector backbone
    pEGFP-N1
  • Backbone manufacturer
    Clontech
  • Backbone size w/o insert (bp) 3955
  • Vector type
    Mammalian Expression
  • Selectable markers
    Neomycin (select with G418)

Growth in Bacteria

  • Bacterial Resistance(s)
    Kanamycin, 50 μg/mL
  • Growth Temperature
    37°C
  • Growth Strain(s)
    DH5alpha
  • Copy number
    High Copy

Gene/Insert

  • Gene/Insert name
    GCaMP5G
  • Alt name
    GCaMP3-T302L R303P D380Y
  • Species
    R. norvegicus (rat), G. gallus (chicken); A. victoria (jellyfish)
  • Insert Size (bp)
    1353
  • Promoter CMV
  • Tags / Fusion Proteins
    • 6xHis (N terminal on insert)
    • T7 epitope (N terminal on insert)
    • Xpress tag (N terminal on insert)

Cloning Information

  • Cloning method Restriction Enzyme
  • 5′ cloning site BglII (not destroyed)
  • 3′ cloning site NotI (not destroyed)
  • 5′ sequencing primer CMV Forward
  • 3′ sequencing primer SV40pA-R
  • (Common Sequencing Primers)

Resource Information

  • A portion of this plasmid was derived from a plasmid made by
    Jasper Akerboom and Loren L. Looger
  • Articles Citing this Plasmid

Terms and Licenses

  • Academic/Nonprofit Terms
  • Industry Terms
    • Not Available to Industry
Trademarks:
  • Zeocin® is an InvivoGen trademark.
How to cite this plasmid ( Back to top)

These plasmids were created by your colleagues. Please acknowledge the Principal Investigator, cite the article in which the plasmids were described, and include Addgene in the Materials and Methods of your future publications.

  • For your Materials & Methods section:

    pCMV-GCaMP5G was a gift from Douglas Kim & Loren Looger & GENIE Project (Addgene plasmid # 31788 ; http://n2t.net/addgene:31788 ; RRID:Addgene_31788)
  • For your References section:

    Optimization of a GCaMP calcium indicator for neural activity imaging. Akerboom J, Chen TW, Wardill TJ, Tian L, Marvin JS, Mutlu S, Calderon NC, Esposti F, Borghuis BG, Sun XR, Gordus A, Orger MB, Portugues R, Engert F, Macklin JJ, Filosa A, Aggarwal A, Kerr RA, Takagi R, Kracun S, Shigetomi E, Khakh BS, Baier H, Lagnado L, Wang SS, Bargmann CI, Kimmel BE, Jayaraman V, Svoboda K, Kim DS, Schreiter ER, Looger LL. J Neurosci. 2012 Oct 3;32(40):13819-40. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2601-12.2012. 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2601-12.2012 PubMed 23035093